Aircraft & Propulsion

Safran has found titanium suppliers to replace Russia’s VSMPO and sourcing the critical metal for engine manufacturing is no longer a problem, according to CEO Olivier Andries.

Fundamental challenges below the surface of the engine-makers’ business model could lead to restructuring.

Carriers have been returning more of their A380s to service, although not all will return.

The FAA and industry have committed to phasing out leaded aviation fuel by 2030.

Honeywell Aerospace’s plans to supply flight-control actuation and thermal-management technologies to Archer Aviation for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Airbus will slow the trajectory of its A320 production rate ramp-up but will still hit its ultimate target of 75 airframes per month in 2025, company executives say.

Casting structures for commercial aerospace engines are the top limitation holding back Boeing airliner production and deliveries, although ongoing China challenges and workforce shortfalls remain significant barriers.

Supply chain instability and continued blockage of deliveries into China will reduce Boeing’s full-year 737 MAX delivery total from its previous target of 500 to somewhere closer to 400, the company says.

Flyr CEO Tonje Wikstrøm Frislid talks about her experience of launching an airline mid-pandemic and her growth plans for the airline.

Nathalie Tarnaud Laude will succeed Stefano Bortoli as the CEO of ATR effective Sept. 17.

Electric Power Systems plans to ship its first EPiC modular propulsion batteries to electric-aircraft developers this summer for testing in their system-integration laboratories.

Tufan Erginbilgic will replace outgoing CEO Warren East, who announced his departure in February.

Turboprop manufacturer ATR has sold a single ATR 72-600 to Gabonese carrier Afrijet and a single ATR 42-600 to Japanese regional airline Oriental Air Bridge (ORC), completing its Farnborough Airshow order tally.

The new aircraft will successively replace Airbus A320ceos and Boeing 757-300s.

It is not clear where and how China completed the icing tests, which were planned to be conducted in Canada in early 2021.

AAR Corp. is confident that its growing partnership with drag reduction kit developer Aero Design Labs (ADL) will prove lucrative as Boeing 737 operators sign up for the new kits and similar fuel-saving products are rolled out.

The first major air show since the pandemic began reinforces that restarting the industry is a greater challenge than anticipated.

Airbus adds second A380 to CFM RISE-related flight-test plan, with dedicated aircraft modification set for open-rotor evaluation.

At the moment, the carrier expects Boeing to deliver two of the long-delayed widebodies in August.

The Luxembourg-based carrier has announced orders for 11 777-8Fs as part of a broader commitment which could see the airline acquire around 20 additional aircraft.

Qatar Airways' Boeing order firms an MOU it signed in January after Airbus canceled the airline’s A321neo order.

LATAM ordered 17 additional A321neos at Farnborough and indicated it was considering the extended-range A321XLR as well.

Facing challenging times on both programs, Boeing put on lively flying displays with the 737-10 and 777-9 amid growing confidence that certification tests will soon begin on the latest MAX, potentially paving the way for deliveries to begin in 2023.

ATW Editors covering the airshow, back after a four-year gap, talk about the commercial air transport buzz, orders, technology announcements and that heatwave.

Newly appointed Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew is not planning to announce any new aircraft orders at this year’s Farnborough Airshow, but he has